SENIOR COST & MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT/SALES FINANCIAL ANALYST
SADAFCO
Total years of experience :34 years, 0 Months
Achievements: Providing reports to management on monthly basis & adhoc which includes following:
Activity Based Costing Report by location, by channel, by factory, by country, by product as per requirement
Monthly Management Report
Performance for the month Vs Budget and Last Year (Consolidated financial statements - P&L & Balance sheet)
Ratios for the month & trend analysis - P & L, Balance Sheet
Monthly Forecast -its analysis, comparison with previous forecast & Budget
Sales analysis for the month against Budget and previous year same month by product group
Revenue & Contribution development
Actual Sales & Contribution margin reconciliation for the month
Sales comparison for the month v/s Budget & forecast by pack-size and product level.
Budgeting (By Location / Region / Dept. / Product group) (Monthly/Quarterly/Annual)
• Capex Budget
• Opex Budget
• Cash Flow
• Activity Based Costing
• Overhead Analysis
• Added Value Added Cost
• Deport/Country Profitability
Presell & Cost effective Distribution :Anchoring implementation of computerized Sales booking/order capturing & distribution.
Valuable experiences gained in the areas of:
Sales -
√ Controlling sales related activities in financial terms
√ Working in conjunction with sales for setting up Credit limits, periods & preparation of contracts.
√ Monitoring sales operations with AS400 operating system - BASIS sales related data
√ Ensuring Credit monitoring & control sales staff performance based on laid down guidelines & procedures
√ Preparation of Standard operating procedures in the areas of sales & collection for facilitating business operation
MIS -
√ Circulation of various analytical reports covering areas of revenue & cost to facilitate management decisions
√ Inventory monitoring & control as per designed frequencies
√ Account Receivable monitoring, analysis & control
√ Monthly sanctioning of salesman wise credit limits based on their performance
√ Calculation of performance incentives & commission of the regional sales force
Relocated to Western Region to implement, streamline controls & procedures in line with Eastern Region
√ Control the marketing spends and commitments according to pre-designed company policies and procedures
√ Cost to benefit analysis of marketing spends and commitments viz a viz pre-determined and achieved volumes
Others
Valuable experiences gained in the areas of:
√ Preparation of Regional Profit & Loss account, Balance Sheet
√ Preparation of Cash Flow and Fund Flow Statements
√ Cost Centre Accounting-Departmental revenue & expense justification
√ Anchoring of Statutory & Internal Audit on related areas of work
√ Preparation of Annual Budget, cost center allocations & finalizations
√ Plant production - inventory related accounts and monthly accounts finalization
Valuable experiences gained in the areas of:
√ Payroll & related accounting activities of 350 plus regional staffs
√ Monthly Payroll Closing
√ Processing of supplier payments
√ Utility Accounting
√ Accounts Receivables during staff vacation
√ Staff Incentives & Commission payment during staff vacation
√ Related General Ledger reconciliation
Valuable experiences gained in the areas of:
√ Instrumental in converting manual inventory database to AS400 platform & implementation
√ Handling Finished goods inventory Accounting
√ Daily, Monthly & Annual Closing
√ Utility Accounting
√ Physical Stock Controls including surprise checks
√ Damage & Expiry stock controls
√ Coolers, Vending Machine & Spare Parts Accounting
Special Achievements:
√ Selected as part of the “Project Team”, which was successfully involved in the design and implementation of systemized pre-sell system from conventional sales system
√ Going further, was selected from the Finance function to spearhead it’s escalation to “Hand Held Terminals - Computerization” in conjunction with Value Tech Ltd., South Africa
√ Instrumental in implementing Kingdom wide Computerized Pre-sell system
√ Part of the core team, involved in commencement of Windows based “Sales Information System”, a management information system on Sales Accounting. Project included integration of financial information with the database of BASIS software (on AS400 platform) and development of various MIS reports.
Other Achievement:
√ Contribution recognized by the company with employee of the month awards in July 2003, March 2001, Nov 1998.
Valuable experiences gained:
√ Internal Audit - M/s Alsa Marine & Harvests Ltd., having branches through South India & West Bengal
Valuable experiences gained:
√ Maintenance of Books of Accounts
√ Finalization of Accounts
√ Inventory Control
√ Credit Management
ü √ Fund flow Analysis & Bank liaison
ü Corporate Accounts - Bill passing, Insurance Claims, Payroll & Inventory Accounting
√ Marketing Accounts - Sales Accounting
√ Finance/Budget Accounts - Cash/Fund Flow Statement
√ Audit assignments of various companies - Export Garments, Hardware Dealers, Charitable Institutions, Leather Industry, Banking Institutions
Graduate from the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India - completed during my stay in Saudi Arabia utilising the vacations.